I am extremely cautious about any 40k media. Despite Henry's involvement, it is still going through not only GamesWorkshop, but also Amazon...both of which have quite dubious track records.

Needless to say, I am expecting the worst.....at least I won't be surprised.

I had to wait to be over fifty before I could get 40k action figures!
I hear games workshop is going woke but wait to see…

Well, they haven't completely bent over, but are definitely looking at their feet.

"I am starting to wonder if putting in the gayness is just to cover for garbage tier writing" Like no offense but how are you just starting to wonder that? I knew that was going to be the case back in 2013 when "Not your Shield" was the cry from folks not wanting to be used to protect the lackadaisical game dev/writers.

Oh yeah, now I remember that!

Its interesting because not all that long ago I was in favor of LGB representation in film, TV, games, etc. But as it turns out we are shoehorned in for nothing more than virtue signalling points.

I find the LGB characters in general to be cringy and are representative of LGBT activists who make their sexual orientation their identity: shallow. It just doesn't fit.

Honestly at this point anything the wokies touch to elevate "marginalized" classes they ruin. Then throw a fit as to why their cringy shit is failing and just blame nonsense like white supremancy, Republicans, heterosexuals, etc etc etc...everyone but themselves and writers writing cringe and expecting the mainstream to love it.

Once writers go back to writing stories that don't straight up pander to the far left the better off we will all be. Clearly LGBT representation isn't all it's cracked up to be in the end now that we have tried it. That and we are now being overrepresented these days. Its like every production must have their token LGBT characters including gender confused nobodies that just do not add any value to these stories.

I will also add that they just have shit writers these days. Clearly Affirmative Action hires who can't write for shit and depend on the virtue signalling cred to carry the production forward. This is what happens when you hire unqualified people just so they feel included.

As a kid gay would rock culture but now I just cringe.

I am hoping to make some cool non grooming gay characters!

Definitely what we need at this point. 100%

Amazon is the one doing the 40k show and I'm very skeptical how it'll turn out, especially after the god awful Rings of power.

I’m just wondering how hardcore it will be. This 40k we are talking about.

It is, but I doubt we get something on par with Invincible when it comes to brutality and bluntness.

If “Invincible” and “Boyz” already can then why not?

I dunno, I get this feeling either Amazon or GW (or both) gonna mess things up, water it down, make it more family friendly.

that's literally the only reason they add the gayness. It's there so if you complain, they can just shout "you're homophobic!"
There are plenty of examples of "muh diversity" in all media types, which end up being great examples. People don't throw hissy fits over them.

Yet any time these end up being shit movies, or games, or books, whats the first thing jumped to in an attempt to downplay it? slap an ism, ist, or ic on the critics, call it a day.

There's a reason I don't watch anything but MeTV and H&I...

I guess my lesson from all these franchises going down like this is that I never needed them in the first place, and spending less time consuming entertainment media has been an improvement in my life.

I think alot of people are just flat done with them.

Star Wars has been the biggest hit for me ever since the new trilogy. Rogue One was the last 'decent' one before the fall. Follow that up with anything that the l, g, b, and/or t are trying to get into and it's all just cringe for me.

dude, you're about 20 years to late to start complaining about LGBTQ jedi knights and co because we've had that happen for at least two decades now, possibly even longer.
one of the first very prominent LGBTQ Star Wars characters was featured in 2003's Knights of the Old Republic.

so, to summarize things:

LGBTQ representation in Star Wars isn't a new.
its been going on for at least 20 years.
it wasn't an issue then, its not an issue now.
its not a big deal and if you want to complain about it, you're 20 years to late.

my advice?

get over yourself and move with your life. you are not going to fall over dead because you might see an LGBTQ Star Wars character or two pop up somewhere.

on a more positive note: the upcoming Star Wars Jedi Survivor looks just as awesome as Jedi Fallen Order so the future for Star Wars looks bright.

I'm good, but thanks. Still though yes, the new game looks good so far.

None of my favourites have been shot to shit.
A while ago I might have answered your question differently, but I am changing.

Simply put, if I hear anything new is good from sources I trust, I may give it a look.
But nothing they do will take anything away from the things I liked in the past. Just for example, I will keep enjoying to watch the original Star Wars trilogy as well as the books and comics I have.
Anything new has to stand on it's own feet. And I will penny- as well as timepinching everything. I won't give them as little money and time as possible to see if it is good enough to give it my full attention.
I will also do my best to ignore brand recognition and nostalgia, which they use to bait us.

If it's not for me, why should I even care?
Sure, I would like to see more good Star Wars and stuff from other Franchises, but I don't need it.

And as I'm old enough to appreciate older material that has not state-of-the-art CGI (if it has that), I know that there are enough movies, shows, books and other media I have never seen to fill several lifetimes.
Not to mention that there are quite a few I can dig out from my collection to watch/read again.

It's about the money. My time and my money and I can send a message without spending anything of either.
In the meantime I will see what I can do to support independent or small-time creators that create stuff I like.

So, where did I put the 'Flash Gordon (1980) and the 'Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All' (1979-1982) DVDs?
<insert Ming the Merciless' laughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QC7uMo1uPQ >

"Sure, I would like to see more good Star Wars and stuff from other Franchises, but I don't need it."

I've never seen anyone articulate that mindset this way and I think you're right; I'm starting to ken to it myself as the years go by. Like sort of a mental 'attic cleaning'. Stick with what you know is good and give your time and money to what you know won't disappoint you.

I still like to give things a chance though. Sometimes even if they fail you can still see a kind of underlying greatness. It's how I came to be more accepting of the prequel trilogy over the years, even though like most at the time I was not enthused with it. I could see what Lucas was going for, even if he missed his mark. And like, my favorite band...they're still going at it even though their music isn't as popular. Perhaps too much time has passed for their stuff to be hits (or even appear on the radio) but it's still the same people behind the writing and you can still tell where they've been to get to where they are now with their skill.

You asshole, you don't appreciate that we NEED more 'correct' characters, Like Superman, needs to be a POC Transgender, X-men, needs more POC people of disabilities who are gay. Maverick was a shitshow, showing how BRAVE American pilots were attacking some nasty villain, when it should have had them attack Alt-righters, Nazis and instead wave the pride flag instead of that rag thats called the American flag.

Thankfully more studios are going more WOKE, than broke!!

Star Wars, Oh gee, support the patriarchy , At least the last couple films had a strong female lead along with the Kenobi series. Plus light sabers are just phallic items.

Films need to be more like Steven Universe, not John Wayne shooting indigenous people.

And don't get me started on that Harry Potter shitshow, JK Rolling is a TERF!!

All that stuff was woked to shit and Avatar 2 was #1 with a repaint.

At least The Northman was good. lol

I think the biggest insult/ramifications were what they did to the Star Wars story/Universe. Other than 'Rogue One' and even 'Han Solo', the last three movies were such a rude smack in the face of every fan who was there when the entire thing launched ('77, yeah, I'm Olde, shush).

Game of Thrones (the final two Seasons), was another. STILL love the books, and hate Martin even more for failing to write/release the last one(s), after a DECADE?! wth dude! He's gonna keel over from a heart attack before we ever see the thing?!

I'm barely into the 'Marvel/DC' stuff, but there are some I really like. Seeing them malignantly warp cherished characters (yet again), as they shovel their *WOKE* stupidity at every opportunity? No. I'm not paying $$$ or investing my time in gender-re-assigned Characters, or with them being portrayed under a different skin hue either. I'm sick of that shit past all tolerance!

Luckily, we still and will always have the 'Classics' in both cinema and literature, and I'm not surrendering any of my own library/collection!

Ah, well.

For the few good, bright shining lights out there (Mr. Cavill, Cruise, a few others)?

There's still HOPE?!

In other but related news THE JOKER IS PREGNANT! o.O

Film at 11. https://youtu.be/Bz8t8TGsPDQ

fucking weirdos....then again it might be parody.

what's wrong with The Witcher? sure, the next-gen update has a few issues that CD:PR still needs to iron out but it wasn't that bad...
oh wait, you're referring to the Netflix stuff?
why?
that shit can't hold up to the quality and awesomeness of the CD:PR video games and is a bad adaption in general. the only people who care about that crap are incel losers.
go and play the video games instead, especially Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. so much better...
oh! I almost forgot!
there's a fun anime The Witcher anime movie about a young Vesemir, that one is pretty cool.
its called Nightmare of the Wolf.

LotR is overrated anyways, i mean i get why its important in fantasy nerd history and the movie trilogy is classic... but DnD is just so much better and we got The Legend of Vox Machina as an awesome adaption for a Critical Role campaign for that... the new DnD movie looks also very promising.

Star Wars... what is your beef with Star Wars? Mandalorian is awesome, Book of Boba Fett is good if not quite as awesome, Jedi Fallen Order was awesome, in just a few short months we get the sequel Jedi Survivor which looks just as good if not better... Star Wars future looks pretty bright.

and Buzz Lightyear... seriously, what's your beef with that? are you also one of those incel losers who are offended because of that one single 5 second scene where two girls kiss?

so yeah

maybe try not to be a miserable misanthrope all the time?

Buzz Lightyear had a shitty villain.

so did Zootopia but that was a huge success, especially in our community lol

Lord of the Rings is fine. Rings of Power isn't based on any real Lord of the Rings material. Just an expensive inspired project. *shrugs* :P

Henry Cavill is the kind of actor that will lead the future of Hollywood or be a star in Hollywoods replacement.

Amen to that!

I'm certainly tired of Hollywood. I never watched "the Rings of Power," or watched the LOTR movies by Amazon. After I watched the latest Star Wars movies, I couldn't like Star Wars any more.

Bad Batch is ok.

It's all virtue posturing and rich people's guilt plus bandwagonism. BLM and LBGT are the big fads right now, so, quick, let's exploit 'em while we can. Not only can we make money, we can also look like progressive and wonderful human beings, too. Oh God, why are people of education and wealth so fucking shallow?

Yeah, it's literally people begging to be sheep.

I never liked the sheep analogy. Sheep can be dangerous. Pushed too far, they'll attack, and there have been cases of individuals trampled to death by stampeding flocks of sheep. It's more like certain people want to be ants- Secure conformist group think but no truly independent thought or personality allowed. There's only the swarm and its dogmas, and to be an original thinker who questions those dogmas risks being shunned and cast into the outer dark void... Or killed. Sheep can be dangerous sometimes, but ants lethel, always.